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"The Big Ugly Thing" or simply "Big Ugly" is a boss enemy in Arknights. It is the main boss of The Great Chief Returns.

A rebuilt Big Ugly named "Raging Ironhide" also appears as the walker/mech which takes Eunectes' place when her Skill-Eunectes3 Iron Will is active.

Description

Zumama's magnum opus, a massive mechanical monster piloted by the High Priest. It can strike both in melee range and from a distance, capable of easily destroying Giant Mushrooms and Stumps. Normal engineers cannot even fathom how a machine slapped together haphazardly like this even move, but move it indeed does.

Periodically destroys Giant Mushrooms and Stumps, rendering them unable to be deployed upon; After this unit's HP drops to 0, it will explode, Stunning units in a large area and ejecting its pilot, the "High Priest".

Overview[]

A massive mechanical monstrosity, driven by the High Priest. Able to destroy Wooden Stumps, and will eject the driver and self-destruct after being destroyed.
—Tooltip

Big Ugly boasts very high HP and DEF, though its ATK is sub-par and its RES are on the lower end. In addition, Big Ugly has both a melee and ranged attack, as well as various abilities to demonstrate the creation's capabilities:

  • When not blocked, Big Ugly fires its cannon from a medium range at the target which deals splash damage affecting friendly units in the surrounding tiles to the target (this is not stated in-game).
  • When blocked, Big Ugly strikes at the blocking friendly unit with its buzzsaw, which deals 3× (3.5× at Level 1) damage (this is also not stated in-game).
  • Destroys a Giant Mushroom or Stump on a radius of 1.8 tiles around the Big Ugly with the buzzsaw, prioritizing the one closest to its position, with a cooldown of 30 seconds. If a Giant Mushroom is destroyed this way, the Stump that would appear in its place will be destroyed as well.
  • When its HP reaches 0, Big Ugly ignites and blows up in a massive explosion after a delay of 2.17 seconds, dealing Physical damage equal to 150% of its ATK to friendly units in a radius of 3 tiles around it and Stuns them for 16 seconds (25 seconds at Level 1). After the explosion, the High Priest will be forced out of Big Ugly (who is invulnerable until he recovers in 10 seconds) and moves along its path.
    • The High Priest has the same HP as Big Ugly but with 1200 (1700 at Level 1) DEF, 50 (60 at Level 1) RES, and a speed of 1.3 tiles/second. He also does not attack, cannot be blocked, and loses 1300 HP (which is treated as Pure damage) every second.

Appearances[]

Side Stories RI-8RI-EX-8
Vignettes VI-7
Trials for Navigator Rolling Sands
Reclamation Algorithm Great Chief's ElectionTaxed With A Choice

In Barrage Fortress, The Big Ugly Thing appears as the boss of BF-3 under the name Placeholder goes here with modified stats (see BF-3's enemy notes for more information) and the following tooltip:

The description Conviction wrote exceeded the word limit, so I went ahead and deleted that. Basically, it's an invincible tornado thunderbolt enhanced collector's edition Big Ugly.

Stats[]

AttributeLevel 0Level 1
HP40000
A+
60000
A+
ATK500
B
700
B+
DEF1000
A
1200
A+
RES20
B
20
B
Elemental Resistance0
E
0
E
Attack interval4 sec.
C
4 sec.
C
Movement speed0.6 tiles/sec.
C
0.6 tiles/sec.
C
Attack range2.5 tiles
Weight6
Life Point penalty2
NotesLevel 1 stats are only used in RI-EX-8.

Susceptibilities

Silence Stun Sleep Freeze Levitate
Cross Tick Tick Tick Tick
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